STONINGTON — David Motherway Jr., a longtime resident and coach in the neighborhood and a member of the city’s Board of Finance, was one in every of two males killed in a boating crash late Friday off Latimer Level.
The Connecticut Division of Power and Environmental Safety confirmed Sunday afternoon that Motherway, 54, and a pal, Colorado resident Brian Collie, 52, had been each discovered lifeless Saturday morning after emergency responders had been known as to the scene of an obvious boat crash off the coast of Latimer Level.
Each males had been pronounced lifeless shortly after emergency responders arrived. Members of the Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police, Stonington police, volunteer firefighters with the Stonington Borough, Quiambaug and Mystic hearth departments and employees with the U.S. Coast Guard had been all concerned within the response.
Motherway, a father of three and former youth sports activities coach in the neighborhood, was elected to the Board of Finance as a Republican in 2019 in his first bid for public workplace.
A close to lifelong Stoningon resident and longtime husband of Kathie Motherway, he labored for Massachusetts-based Athenahealth, an organization that gives network-enabled companies for well being care. He obtained a bachelor’s diploma in civil engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1991 and an MBA from the College of Chicago in 2002, the place he had change into associates with Collie.
In line with a preliminary investigation, a passing motorist made an emergency name after discovering a 21-foot middle console boat adrift off the shore of Latimer Level round 7:10 a.m. Saturday. A Coast Guard helicopter may very well be seen flying over Latimer Level, simply east of Stonington as officers performed a rescue response.
Emergency officers responded and found Motherway and Collie each lifeless on board, officers indicated. A preliminary report urged that the boat struck a breakwater someday Friday night, based on a DEEP press launch.
The reason for the crash and method of dying stay beneath investigation. Any witnesses or these with data are requested to contact the Connecticut DEEP at 860-424-3333.